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A labyrinth is a very special kind of building that has been around since ancient Greek times, built with complex and elusive paths. Labyrinth architecture is a design that challenges human intelligence and is one of the original human physical puzzles. Today we have a list of the ten most difficult mazes in the world, take a look.
Renyak Labyrinth
Reniak Labyrinth is the largest plant labyrinth in the world, covering an area of about 4 hectares, located in the commune of Reniak in the Andel-Loire department in central France. What is planted inside the labyrinth is usually corn or sunflowers, and each year the seeds are sown according to a different design so that a new labyrinth pattern appears the following year.
Longleat Hedge Labyrinth
Longleat Hedge Maze is located in Wiltshire, England, and it consists of at least 16,000 English yew trees, covering an area of about 0.6 hectares. Different from other labyrinths, Longleat Hedge Labyrinth is a three-dimensional labyrinth with six wooden bridges, on which visitors can stand and look at the observation tower in the center of the labyrinth. However, it is still not easy to reach the tower from the exit.
Yorkshire Labyrinth
Yorkshire Labyrinth is located in North Yorkshire, England, and is one of the major landscapes in York. It consists of more than 1.5 million corn trees and covers an area of about 32 acres, equivalent to the size of 15 soccer fields. The maze is only open for eight weeks a year due to the constraints of the corn's growth period, and its pattern is redesigned every year. The maze is placed with clues to riddles, and visitors win rewards when they discover the final answer through the clues.
Ashcombe Maze Garden
The Ashcombe Maze Garden is one of Australia's oldest and most famous hedge mazes, located in the town of Shoreham, south of Melbourne, Victoria. The bushes that make up the maze are three meters high and two meters wide, including 1,200 rose bushes with a total of 217 species of roses, so the maze is also considered the world's oldest rose maze.
pineapple garden maze
Pineapple garden maze is located in the U.S. state of Hawaii on the island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Dulles Bromeliad Park, by including the state flower hibiscus, including more than 11,400 kinds of Hawaiian plants. According to Guinness World Records, it was the largest maze in the world until 2001.
Snake and Ladder Maze
Located at Gower Farm in Upchurch, Kent, southeast England, it is the world's largest snake and ladder maze, with an area of 6 acres and hedges at least 9 feet high, which gives players a very high challenge difficulty.
Hampton Court Labyrinth
Hampton Court Palace Labyrinth is located inside the most famous Hampton Court Palace in England, located in the west of the city of London by the Thames River. It covers an area of about 1,350 square meters and was designed by George London and Henry Wise as part of the gardens for King William III of England between 1689-1695.
Pisani Villa Garden Labyrinth
The Villa Pisani Garden Labyrinth is the most complex labyrinth in the world, located in the town of Stroh, just outside of Venice, Italy. It is the most famous and the best preserved labyrinth in Europe.
Peace Labyrinth
The Peace Maze is the largest permanent hedge maze in the world. Located in the town of Castlewellan in County Down, the labyrinth covers an area of about 2.7 acres and consists mainly of yew trees. These yew trees were planted by the people of Northern Ireland at the end of 2000 and are said to be able to survive for 4,000 years.
Davis Super Maze
Davis Super Maze is located in the town of Sterling, Massachusetts, USA, and has been a famous seasonal landscape since 1998. It is owned by Davis Farm, a farm that has been operated by the Davis family for seven consecutive generations. Also due to the seasonality of the crops, the maze's pattern is redesigned and changed every year.
